A/N: When I was around 15, I attempted to draw a chibi KuroKura AU doujin in scratch copy papers. The only person who had seen them is my younger sister. She said my drawing is the biggest joke she'd seen in her life. Ever since then, I accepted the truth of my life that I have no talent in drawing. Years later, the story of the chibi KuroKura AU frustrated doujin came back to haunt me. Here is the result. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO xoxo and everyone! I hope you guys like this!
CHAPTER 1: Mito-san forgot the soy sauce!
One day, Chibi Kurapika-kun was asked to go to the grocery store to buy a bottle of soy sauce.
"Gommen, Kurapika-kun. I really forgot the soy sauce. Leorio-kun has gone somewhere again and you're the only one I can ask. Could you?"
Kurapika-kun smiled happily. "Yes, Mito-san. It's alright."
"Can I go with him?" Gon-kun asked, dropping his toy fishing rod.
"Me too! I wanna go!" Killua-kun chirped, munching his Chocorobo.
"No, you'll only bother me. You guys play and I'll go alone. I'll be back really quick," Kurapika-kun shook his head.
"Aww, Kurapika-kun has become a big boy," Mito-san patted Kurapika-kun's head and gave him a wallet. "Here is the money. Be careful on the way, okay?"
Kurapika-kun looked up and nodded. "Hai, Mito-san. I will!"
Kurapika-kun managed to buy the soy sauce uneventfully. The cashiers over the grocery looked at him admirably and even the one who tendered his soy sauce petted him and said he was cute and very reliable. Kurapika-kun loved it when everyone trusted and rely on him. It made him happy and revved up to do his best.
He was on the way back to their house when he saw a carton tucked in a corner of a light post and a wall. There was a meowing sound coming from it and Kurapika-kun was sure that it was a kitten because its meow was small and low.
He walked closer to the carton and saw a little black kitten inside, meowing again and again. There was nothing inside the carton except the cat. Kurapika-kun thought the cat must be hungry because it was noisy. Gon-kun and Killua-kun were noisy when they were hungry. Were all small and baby creatures noisy when hungry?
Kurapika-kun looked at the cat. It was thin and not very fluffy except for the head. It had no collar and had cute little paws and little ears, and he was the weirdest cat Kurapika-kun had ever seen because it had a cross-shaped white mark on its forehead and its eyes were black.
It seemed to be abandoned. The kitten looked back at him when Kurapika-kun peered closer to him. Huh. It really was weird.
"Meow~" it meowed softly at him.
"... Hello there," Kurapika-kun greeted back. Did cats understand human language? Kurapika-kun looked closer at it and saw a bandage on the kitten's left fore leg. Poor little neko-chan was injured, and Kurapika-kun immediately thought of bringing him home when he suddenly remembered something.
The cross-shaped mark reminded him of their weird neighborhood who had a lot of brothers and sisters. They were 13 siblings and all of them were weird, too. One of them, the eldest maybe, had a cross-shaped mark on his forehead and dark hair and eyes. His brothers and sisters called him 'Danchou,' but he knew it wasn't his real name. He was Kuroro Lucifer-kun.
He didn't like Kuroro-kun. He was snobbish and he looked scary because he wouldn't smile and he was always serious. He seemed to be a strict onii-chan and his brothers and sisters often pick up fights with the other kids on the nearby playground. They were always noisy when at home and at school. Kurapika-kun didn't want to play with them because they looked troublesome.
"Meeoow~" the kitten meowed again, did it understand what Kurapika-kun said?
Kurapika-kun became reluctant to help the neko-chan. It really looked weird and they said pets were hard to take care. Also, he kept remembering Kuroro-kun because aside from the forehead mark, its brows were short and fat (just like Kuroro-kun's!) and wait, could Kuroro-kun transform into a neko-chan, and this was actually Kuroro-kun? He thought he heard a story like that before. People who could change their bodies were called... what do you call that one?
"... Shape-lifter!" Kurapika-kun remembered."
"Meow?"
Wait, could it be...
"Of course it can't be," Kurapika decided. But now, back to if he should take him home...
Kurapika-kun decided not to do that. As a responsible kid, he would not bring something unnecessary home just because it's cute. Mito-san might get angry because he would take another being under their wing. Also, cats were messy and less cuddly unlike dogs. And most of all- HE REALLY LOOKED LIKE KURORO-KUN!
Kurapika-kun sighed. He straightened up and gave neko-chan a sorry bow. "Sorry, kitty. I can't take you home."
"... Meow," the kitten meowed sadly, his cute big black eyes lowered in sadness. Wow, it seemed it understood Kurapika-kun's apology.
"I'm sure someone will help you out sooner or later. You just wait, 'kay?"
The kitten then circled on its carton twice before curling in a ball with a shiver. The ball it made was so tiny, and Kurapika-kun saw that its tummy was flat. He must be really hungry.
"Good luck with you and I wish you find your good owner. Bye-bye," Kurapika-kun waved his hand goodbye and started walking towards their house's direction, away from the neko-chan, without looking back.
Kurapika-kun knocked on the door.
"Gon-kun, please let Kurapika-kun inside!" Mito-san called out from the kitchen.
"Haaai! I'm coming!" Gon-kun ran to the door and let Kurapika-kun in.
"Tadaima," Kurapika-kun greeted.
"Okae- MITO-SAAAAN!" Gon-kun suddenly screamed.
"What are you screaming for, Gon-kun?"
"KURAPIKA-KUN HAS A NEKO-CHAAAAAN!"
"He has a what?" Mito-san wiped her wet hands on her apron and stepped outside the kitchen.
There Kurapika-kun was, standing by the door, holding a bottle of soy sauce with one hand and cradling a black kitten on the other.
"Mi-Mito-san," Kurapika-kun stuttered, face blushing.
Mito-san looked at him with a blank face. Ugh, Kurapika-kun knew this would get her angry. But still, he wanted to give it a try. "Aannoo, I saw this cat on the road and I want to help him because he has a wound on his leg. Neko-chan is weak and hungry, too, so I thought I can bring him home. Mito-san, can I take good care of him?"
"Kurapika-kun," Mito-san called in a scary voice. "Taking care of a pet is not easy. You have to feed it everyday, give it a bath, clean its mess, watch over him not to ruin our things, and most of all, give it love until the end no matter how bothersome it would be to have him. Are you okay with that?"
Kurapika-kun pouted. Taking the kitten sounded really mendoukusai, and he thought he might not be able to do it. But...
"Mito-san! Please let Kurapika-kun have the neko-chan! He is very cute and he looks nice! I want him too! Pretty please~?" Gon-kun pressed him palms together. That gave Kurapika some courage.
"Mito-san has always been taking good care of Gon-kun, Leorio-kun, Killua-kun and I. And you always forgive us when we make bad things and you feed us four times a day and you are making us take a bath. Mito-san is so hardworking and loving and I want to be like you when I grow up. I want to help this neko-chan to grow up too like the way you take good care of us. I might not be able to be as good as you but I promise to do my best to watch over him. Please let me have him, Mito-san," Kurapika-kun bowed his head and pleaded.
Mito-san sighed. "You've grown really bigger, Kurapika-kun. Your choice of words are surprising. Really, if only your other siblings can be as smart and responsible as you. Okay, you can have him," Mito-san smiled and it warmed Kurapika-kun's heart.
"Yaay! We now have a neko-chan!" Gon-kun jumped in joy.
"You'll help Kurapika-kun in taking care of him, are we clear?" Mito-san put her hand on her waist.
"Okaaaay!"
"Really? Thank you so much!" Kurapika-kun smiled so wide in relief.
"Give him to me so we can check his wound," Mito-san held out her hands.
Kurapika-kun hurriedly stepped closer to her and handed her the kitten.
"Nee, nee, Kurapika-kun. Have you given it a name?" Gon-kun asked.
"Hmm," Kurapika-kun had been thinking about it on his way home. "Yep! He has a cross-shaped mark on its forehead and he reminds me of someone so it think I want to call him... Luchifurii!"